Their meaning seems to us on the surface, and we all read and sing them, but let us not therefore think that we understand them.

I cannot compel you to read the books, and to read little else but the books, that would in time, and by God's blessing, lead you into the depths of the psalms; but I can wash my hands so far in making their names so many household words among my people.

The _Way to Christ_, the _Imitation of Christ_, the _Theologia Germanica_, Tauler's _Sermons_, the _Mortification of Sin_, and _Indwelling Sin in Believers_, the _Saint's Rest_, the _Holy Living and Dying_, the _Privata Sacra_, the _Private Devotions_, the _Serious Call_, the _Christian Perfection_, the _Religious Affections_, and such like.
All that, and you still unqualified! All that, and your eyes still dry!.